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Europe is the western part of the Palearctic realm (which in turn is part of the Holarctic). Lying within the temperate region, (north of the equator) the wildlife is not as rich as in the hottest regions, but is nevertheless diverse due to the variety of habitats and the faunal richness of Eurasia as a whole.
This is a list of mammals of Europe. It includes all mammals currently found in Europe (from northeast Atlantic to Ural Mountains and northern slope of Caucasus Mountains ), whether resident or as regular migrants .
North Central Europe and the British Isles to Crimea and the Middle Urals: Most recent remains in north Central Europe are dated to 8750 BCE. [2] However, remains have been dated to the late Holocene in Ukraine, and one account describes a large, unidentified, "red-cheeked" ground squirrel in the early 20th century of the Dnipropetrovsk area. [21]
Edible dormouse Northern birch mouse European hamster Striped field mouse. Rodents make up the largest order of mammals, with over 40% of mammalian species. They have two incisors in the upper and lower jaw which grow continually and must be kept short by gnawing. Most rodents are small though the capybara can weigh up to 45 kg (99 lb).
European bison were hunted to extinction in the wild in the early 20th century, with the last wild animals of the B. b. bonasus subspecies being shot in the Białowieża Forest (on today's Belarus–Poland border) in 1921. The last of the Caucasian wisent subspecies (B. b. caucasicus) was shot in the northwestern Caucasus in 1927. [4]
The European Wildlife is a Pan-European non-profit organization.Its main goal is nature conservation.The European Wildlife key objective is to conserve biological diversity and to reduce the impact of climate changes on nature and humankind.
Italy has the highest level of faunal biodiversity in Europe, with over 57,000 species recorded, representing more than a third of all European fauna. [4] This is due to various factors. The Italian peninsula is in the centre of the Mediterranean Sea, forming a corridor between central Europe and North Africa , and it has 8,000 km (5,000 mi) of ...
Western European house mouse (Mus musculus domesticus), Japanese house mouse (Mus musculus molossinus) 1100 BCE (China), then the 17th century CE (Europe), [53] the 18th Century (Japan) China, Europe, Japan: animal feed, racing, research, show, pets Tame, significant physical changes Common in the wild and in captivity 1d Rodentia